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The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) provides an elite undergraduate educational program that integrates academic, military, and athletic programs to develop leaders of character, motivated to lead the Air Force in service to our nation. By the time cadets graduate and are commissioned as second lieutenants they are expected to acquire a combination of knowledge, skills, and responsibilitie ...

As Air Logistic Centers (ALCs) become more cyber-connected, there is an increased need to improve the resilience of manufacturing machines fabricating replacement parts. Protecting machines, operators, and ultimately the fabricated parts is critical in the efficient operation of ALCs. Resilience against faults, failure modes, and cyber-attacks will insure that machines stay in working order under ...

ThermAvant proposes to design, model and empirically demonstrate high thermal conductivity two-phase cooling of Li-ion cell walls and Li-ion battery assembly bus work. Two-phase heat transfer is the core technology that will enable demonstration of eliminating cell to cell thermal runaway propagation while offering a low thermal resistance path to heat rejection locations. Key challenges will incl ...

The objective of the work outlined in this proposal is to improve the low thermal efficiency, temperature, capability (operation at higher temperatures) and durability of small unmanned aerial system(UAS) engines producing less than 20 hp and 200 lb thrust.

A 32-bit, low-power, microcontroller will be developed that operates over a -55C to +200C temperature range and is architected for next generation aerospace systems with an operational lifetime exceeding 10,000 hours. The technology and processes developed and demonstrated through this SBIR program can be rapidly applied to other integrated circuits with similar environmental and reliability requi ...

In this Small Business Innovation Research Phase I program, Modeling Tools for the Drilling of Polymer Matrix Composites (PMCs), Third Wave Systems (TWS) will develop and demonstrate innovative multi-scale modeling tools for the drilling of polymer matrix composites (PMCs), which is enabled by integration of advanced material constitutive models, detailed-level finite element analysis (FEA), and N ...

This project will investigate the use of offensive binary analysis techniques to extract data from program binaries for use by a runtime diagnostic engine capable of malware detection and response. The open-source Angr framework provides the basis for the tools used to collect the analysis data needed to support a diagnostic engine. A diagnostic engine capable of using these collected results will ...

Energy security and resilience is a paramount concern for the Air Force and the DoD. Zeno Power Systems is developing a next-generation radioisotope power system (RPS) that will be able to provide non-stop power for months to years at a time. RPS have the ability to provide consistent and reliable energy, but their use has been limited in the past due to their low specific-powers and inability to ...

Data analysis& optimization of the USAF innovation ecosystem (people, products & ideas) that interact with, submit products and the hundreds of thousands of people not tapped into for support the future success of the USAF

This research will enhance Rozin Securitys successful commercial product, the Threat Information Protection System (TIPS) with Easy Aerials advanced autonomous drone and it's Smart Aerial Monitoring System (SAMS). TIPS conducts real-time trend analysis and generates an immediate alert on possible connections between current and previously reported suspicious activities, regardless of where, when, ...